Improved clothes-drier



f dhrfmltatet HENRY e.-MAcK, oF osWEGo., NEW YORK.

' Letters Patent No. 92,982, dated July 27, 1869.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-DRIER.

The Schedule referred to in thse Letters Patent vand making part ofthe same To all whom tt may concern -Be it known that I, HENRY G. MACK, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego, and State of New York, have inventeda new and improved Machine for Drying and Airing Clothes, drying fruit, and setting milk; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof,rei'erence beingr had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon. Y The nature of vmy invention consists more particularly in a new and improved method of attaching several folding frames together, and bracing them in such manner that when in use, they constitute a convenient frame for drying or ailing clothes, drying fruit, or setting milk, being suilicently firm and rigid for that purpose, or when not in use, they may be' folded into a smalland compact form.

FigureI is a perspective elevation of my improved clothes-frame, fruit and milk-rack.

Figure II is a transverse elevation ofthe same.

Figure III is a transverse elevation of the same, folded.

Figure IV is a longitudinal elevation of the same, partly folded.

Figure V is a plan of the metallic brace used for .bracing the ame transversely, and connecting the sections to each other.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its `construc.. tion and operation.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

, a a aa are the standards or uprights, to which the `slats b b b and braces c c are attached, by means of screws, the inside or mainones being bolted together 'to turn easily upon it in folding up.

c c are metallic braces, perforated at fr r fr and R, andv through R, at the point K, upon the standard B, fastened to the standard B by means of a screw,'upon which it turns in adjusting the holes fr r fr in ()l to the pins Il fr fr in the standards, or in placing it parallel with the standard, as in folding.

d is. a brace, working upon a screw-pivot at t, and

vbeing adjusted to the slat x, while inl use, -or to the slat z, for folding.

m m are hinges firmly secnrod'to the bottom of the standards, and/upon which the outside frames are made to swing.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new, and desire to secure byy Let,- t'ers Patent, is-'- The standards a, with side-pieces b, hinged at *the top and the bottom, in combination with the'metallic,

braces c, when constructed and used substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, before two subscribing witnesses, this 14th` day of April, 1869.'

Y HENRY G. MACK. Witnesses:

H. M.- DANFORTH, WM. McGnnsnnY. 

